Im tired of the way i look. Im tired of being overweight, a lot of time home, plus a kind of addition for eating candies and emotional eating throw me off of my game. I used to be the kind of girl that walked in a place and guys look at, guys in the street came to me or shout compliments, I want that back, I want to put some heels and, I'm sory the language, but feel bangable and sexy, stupidly sexy.
Dont get me wrong im a girl with curves and always was, but my curves are to round these days so Im staring a diet, I will try to use the school time, yes University is starting again next week, to do some exercise. I feel ridiculous, Im out of breath when im visiting my friend in the 3º floor (yes theres no elevator).

So diet here i come, and how will i diet? here is a DIY ;)

- Pack your lunches, if you make your food, less change you will go eat a burger and fries and a lot of pizza or Dr. pepper or some other non diet liquid;

- Have a note book and instead of using your height use some pants and measure tape, see you progress with those two,

- Drink tones of water, if you dont like to drink it, add a little zip of alcohol, just to give it some flavor, or some fruit juice or just make tea or sparkly water, just dont buy stuff in the store, they have a lot o sugar and other kinds of bad stuff in it;

- Pack snacks, take some cereal bars, fruit, some almonds or nuts (not many because they have a lot of calories), pack sandwich with tomato, cucumber or just lettuce,

- Eat every 3 hours

- Last tip .... buy a bento!

I love bentos because is just super easy to carry they are for me the super man and woman of Tupperwares, Japanese style.

I just bought one, its pink, not my favorite but Im trying to save some money, so i decided not to but the one i wanted that costed a lot.

So here is it! Is really simple today, my first meal, made in 30 minutes i was really in a hurry to get out of the door today, i will try to add recipes and pictures of what im doing with it.

It has rice, carrots, cucumber that i sliced with a peeler, some chicken with soy sauce and seeds and bell peper, some grapes for dessert. Really, really a simple meal.

Dont forget just one treat, im my case the grapes, most of the space must be filled with the vegetables and then a portion of rice or pasta and just a bit of protein (chicken, beef or fish).

Today my DIY is about making your own study material. Im currently studying japanese, its a bit hard because my language is portuguese... so the base has nothing to do with it, but... japan has adopted several portuguese words because we were the first country to go there by boat in 1514. (check this list if you are curious about japanese word with portuguese origins here)

So how to do your own study material for japanese, you can adapt to whatever language you are studying.

1  Study Cards 

Get an hard paper and write on one side the japanese word and in the other the way you pronounce it and the meaning, my big advice here is do not buy the cards, make them yourself, it will be a learning experience by it self. If you want them pretty just buy a lot of paper, cut it the same length and make a hole, use one loop of shower curtains an like that maintain them all together.

Being a girl that loves earrings i never used them that much... and why? Because they were always tangled! It was awful to wake up in the morning wish to chose something quickly and get out of the house... so i thought about a cheap and easy way to do my own earring holder.

I got some wood that i was from the local carpenter... he was going to throw it away so it was free!
I went to a cheap store and got a lot of those nails with a loop... and then i just coated all my wood with some watery black paint, so that the wood grain could still be seen afterwards.

To connect all of it i used some regular nails and fishing cord.

And this was the final result!

Cheap because it costs less then 5 euros and it can hold 84 earrings if you put them separated or 168 if you put the pairs together... right now I have it almost complet.. and is so easy to find the right pair ! :)

Hope you like it, kisses !

I found in a little chinese store rings bases to create my own rings! I bought a little pack with ten rings    for 1 euro and a heart and a button that looks like a big diamond. I went home and with my hot glue gun glued everything together. Before that i went also to my buttons box and use some of the buttons and beads o create more rings. In the end 9 new beautiful rings. My rings box is now really full XD

My first t-shirt transformation! And i love it!
I found this old fashion t-shirt in a drawer with the tag still on, and i just cut a new neckline and sew the same fabric in the end of the sleeves. Hip, baggy and modern. Gonna use it as soon as possible :D

Funny, easy, simple and cheap idea for a beautiful necklace.

I got inspired from one i saw at some blog so i was with my sewing things laying around and decided to do a necklace. It is really easy!
I used a metal string to put the buttons, some chain and two metal balls to hide the lops of the strings. Use the most different color and sized buttons and try to put them randomly, some of this i bought other i just took from old clothes i din't like anymore... It really looks nice :D

Enjoy

Tadashi Shoji

I came across with this kind of necklace one of these days while surfing the net, and the next time i visited a shop that sold this  kind of bobby pins i bought some to try. So that was the result of my bobby pin necklace. I only cost 60 cent and i made it smaller because i dont usually use big necklaces.

My vacations ... oh well today is my last day of vacation, so my projects and crafts have to slow down because my classes are starting tomorrow.
Two days ago i saw a tutorial on youtube to do a ring box, and today in about... 30 minutes i did my own ( happy, happy happy).
 The cost... was nothing. I already had the box, I try to go and get one, but there wasn't any boxes i liked. So i used one of those boxes that look like a book, the tag was still on so i know it was a 9.90€ box. Then, with an old winter coat a did the rest, use the fabric and the lining, so i dint had to buy any fabric.

To do this my main tip is to measure te fabric, because in the end, if you dont do so, you wont have equal folds for your rings. Enjoy it :D

Tutorial in Youtube

Im trying to do my own tote bag, with some recycled materials that I found laying around the house, i am using a brown skirt and a bed sheet...
Lets see the result soon we hope, because the bag above is just the picture form the site i found :D


Also today i will convert a box into a ring box, i will add the picture, once i finish.

have a nice day...
by the way if you want to try to do the reversible tote bag, acess the link below and try it, ist free at burda website.

Reversible tote bag

Today I decided to go to my local fair, today was the day of old things like used clothes, antiques and furniture. I went there with the purpose of find things i could use to my crafts and today, things to add to my jewellery collection.

I bought four old coins, one that was made in my year of birth ( the one with hole and hearts).
I bought two old keys to use has pendents.
And three new rings with the tags still on....

The costs were:
Keys:  25 cent a piece
Rings: 1.5€ a piece
Coins: 50 cent a piece.

So.... for only 7€ i got three rings and 6 beautiful pendents. The coins have yet to get a hole, when i do it, i will show how do they look, and tell you how hard was to do it.

So i think i will keep doing things like this, reusing materials that are really cheap, and really... how has something like this?

So, lesson learnt when i want new jewellery I will go to my local fair first.

Tip of the day: When I got the coins they were really dirty and black, so the man that sold them said i could clean them with mustard, and it works!!!! So if you buy something like coins or keys like this, if you want to polish tem a bit, just do that, rub a bit of mustard with an old tooth brush and than water.

Just grab some pieces and an old bracelet that i just dont use anymore and made something new.

Welcome to this new online space, in here i will show you some of my works in the craft world and easy things that you can do it yourself at home, with stuff you have around. I will also show you fashion, decor and make up trends that i simple love.

Kisses Morgan